Portfolio

About

Michael is a Director and Developer with a love of all things digital. Attending conferences and meetings are just a few ways he discovers new trends and technologies that he can apply to client projects alike.

He’s been an active member of the Toronto Web Development community for almost a decade and has worked for several Boutique Development shops and agencies in the GTA.

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Around the Web

Specialties

1Go Media

A custom template was developed ontop of the Drupal 7 platform to allow for the
"1 pager" style/functionality of the site. 1Go Media was looking to refresh their company website as they approached a product launch and exposure in the media. A custom theme was developed ontop of the CMS to allow for easy updates and modifications in the future as their business expands.

Our Toronto Neighbourhoods

A network of neighbourhoods sites designed to promote shopping local. This network of sites runs on a customized Drupal 7 profile installation. With the custom profile it is very simple to setup new sites on the network and have them up and running quickly. I developed custom modules, javascript plugins, and a the theme for the site. The profile is setup to allow both Master and Slave style sites. The master site holds all important informaton for sites with in it's network and the slave style sites retrieve their information from their master.

Few Were Chosen

Proximity (subsidiary agency of BBDO) was invited to judge for the Applied Arts Magazine Digital Awards. They were looking for ways to promote the Awards by highlighting how difficult it is to be nominated

“Few Were Chosen” was developed, an augmented reality execution where users virtually interacted with pages within the magazine. When the magazine was held, certain pages came to life, showing people (creative directors) flying through the air attempting to enter the pages, with only a select few being successful.

Gillette’s Department of Skin Defense

An Augmented Reality App to bring Gillette’s Department of Skin Defense to life. Users accessed the App via Facebook and after answering a few questions designed to ascertain their level of shaving irritation, were treated to a virtual “fiery beard” AR experience.Tied to social media, the user is prompted to share the experience with their friends.

The Mobile Shift

The company I was working for at the time was looking for a way to explain responsive web design to their clients in a way they would understand. In the end we developed a tool to help us do this. The Mobile shift is a microsite that clients can goto to learn basic facts about responsive design. Included is a tool for them to view websites on a Desktop, Tablet, and iPhone to help them get a better understanding. The microsite features custom javascript plugins and a PHP image capture tool to help display the websties in the responsive tool.

RBC Augmented Reality

The goal was to create a sustainability-oriented Augmented Reality experience that would be part of RBC’s 2010 Olympic Sponsorship and its Create a Better Canada campaign. The experience was developed in both English and French and was showcased across Canada as part of a mobile exhibition in addition to being featured on the RBC website.

Cornpops - It's Popnetic

Working from designs from Arc’s Creative Account Team, AR experience and microsite were built. In addition, a back up experience was provided that allows for those who may not have a web cam to join in on the fun too.